Author: Mercy J

On this day, when the world marks the International Day of the Girl, I find myself pondering on why we commemorate this day and what it really means to empower the girl child. Despite the fact that over the years different people and organizations have mobilized efforts aimed towards emancipating the girl child it is […]

Irene’s story is one such story that is marked by resilience and raw determination. She is one of the few lucky girls from her community to have successfully completed secondary school education. She underwent Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) when she was barely 10 years and her parents were already grooming her for marriage by the […]